Identification of a new circulating recombinant form of HIV type 1, CRF11-cpx, involving subtypes A, G, J, and CRF01-AE, in Central Africa

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2002 Feb 10;18(3):231-6. doi: 10.1089/08892220252781301.

Abstract

In this study, we characterized three full-length genome sequences with a similar mosaic structure from epidemiologically unlinked individuals from Cameroon (97CM-MP818) and the Central African Republic (99CF-MP1298 and 99CF-MP1307). Phylogenetic and recombinant analysis confirmed that the three strains had a similar complex recombinant genome, which we can designate now as CRF11-cpx. This new CRF was composed of successive fragments of subtype A, G, J, and CRF01-AE. The previously reported GR17 virus from a Greek patient infected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has a similar structure and should be considered as the prototype strain of CRF11-cpx. This new CRF circulates in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, and DRC, although the exact prevalences remain to be determined.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Cameroon / epidemiology
  • Central African Republic / epidemiology
  • DNA, Viral
  • Genes, env
  • Genes, nef
  • Genes, pol
  • Genome, Viral*
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Recombination, Genetic

Substances

  • DNA, Viral

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AJ291718
  • GENBANK/AJ291719
  • GENBANK/AJ291720